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Fall 2015

Proseminar in History: Writing the Past

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Description

This course offers an opportunity for history majors to reflect upon the practice of history. How do we claim to know anything about the past at all? How do historians construct the stories they tell about the past from the fragmentary remnants of former times? What is the connection of historians’ work to public memory? How do we judge the truth and value of these stories and memories? The course explores questions such as these through readings and case studies drawn from a variety of places and times. Two class meetings per week.

Not open to first-year students. Limited to 25 students per semester; history majors will be given preference. Fall semester: Professor Redding. Spring semester: Professor Maxey.

If Overenrolled: Preference given to History majors.

Course times and locations

HIST 301 - L/D

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